Free Berlin: Art, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life by Smith, Briana J.

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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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9780262047197
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Publisher
MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262047195
ISBN-13
9780262047197
eBay Product ID (ePID)
24057236450

Product Key Features

Book Title
Free Berlin : Art, Urban Politics, and Everyday Life
Number of Pages
328 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Europe / Germany, History / Contemporary (1945-), Art & Politics, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History
Author
Briana J. Smith
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
32.1 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
7.4 in

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LCCN
2021-045983
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
701/.03
Table Of Content
Introduction: Berlin's Provincial Avant-Garde (1) Part I: Democratizing Art and Transforming Space in Late Cold War Berlin 1 "Culture for All" and Experimental Practice in Divided Berlin (17) 2 The Free Scene and the Island City (63) 3 Art, Participation, and Civic Life in 1980s East Berlin (103) 4 1989: A Berlin Counterhistory (141) Part II: Art vs. Capital in Post-Wall Berlin 5 Protest Art and Place Marketing in the "New Berlin" (187) 6 Artists in Coalition in the Twenty-First-Century Berlin (227) Coda: Berlin Social Sculpture (261) Acknowledgments (265) Notes (269) Bibliography (293) Index (309)
Synopsis
An alternative history of art in Berlin, detaching artistic innovation from art world narratives and connecting it instead to collective creativity and social solidarity. In pre- and post-reunification Berlin, socially engaged artists championed collective art making and creativity over individual advancement, transforming urban space and civic life in the process. During the Cold War, the city's state of exception invited artists on both sides of the Wall to detour from artistic tradition; post-Wall, art became a tool of resistance against the orthodoxy of economic growth. In Free Berlin , Briana Smith explores the everyday peculiarities, collective joys, and grassroots provocations of experimental artists in late Cold War Berlin and their legacy in today's city. These artists worked intentionally outside the art market, believing that art should be everywhere, freed from its confinement in museums and galleries. They used art as a way to imagine new forms of social and creative life. Smith introduces little-known artists including West Berlin feminist collective Black Chocolate, the artist duo paint the town red (p.t.t.r), and the Office for Unusual Events, creators of satirical urban political theater, as well as East Berlin action art and urban interventionists Erhard Monden, Kurt Buchwald, and others. Artists and artist-led urban coalitions in 1990s Berlin carried on the participatory spirit of the late Cold War, with more overt forms of protest and collaboration at the neighborhood level. The temperament lives on in twenty-first century Berlin, animating artists' resolve to work outside the market and citizens' spirited defenses of green spaces, affordable housing, and collectivist projects. With Free Berlin , Smith offers an alternative history of art in Berlin, detaching artistic innovation from art world narratives and connecting it instead to Berliners' historic embrace of care, solidarity, and cooperation.
LC Classification Number
N72.S6S538 2022

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